Protest

A Novel Based on the Holocaust Experience of a Family Member — After the Barricades was inspired by memories of the author’s grandmother-in-law. Stilling turns stories of Romania’s hatred of Jews and their policy of destroying and evicting Jewish communities even before the Nazis came in 1940, into a gripping tale about what it means for people to protest unfairness, inequality, poverty…

An Iranian asylum seeker has been called out after complaining about his living conditions and asking the government to do better. In a video shared by controversial UK politician Richard Tice, the young man expresses that the hotel in which he and his peers have been staying for the last…

Nearly 500,000 protestors have gathered in Warsaw in opposition to a new law implemented by the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS). Many media outlets have touted the protests as displays in support of change regarding myriad issues from inflation to trendy social political issues, but the real reason so…

Artisans Cooperative Interview Talks About the Historic “Strike-to-Cooperative Transition” — Originally published on the Tech Workers Coalition Newsletter. Introduction by the TWC: Today we hear from Valerie, a leather crafter and Etsy seller based in Oregon. After excitement around the 2022 #EtsyStrike evaporated, she and other artisans grew frustrated with strike organizers insistent on repeating the same strategies against the…

The past months have brought my emotions to their highest point in years, and as a result, I feel an urgent need for my voice and words to be acknowledged and heard. The truth is, my words and voice are my unique gift. …

The latest breaking news report reveals that at least 15 people have been killed during protests in Dakar, Senegal. AP News Violent clashes between protesters and Senegalese military forces began on 1 June 2023 in Dakar after the court sentenced an influential political leader, Ousmane Sonko, to two years in…

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents: Waylon talks with co-host and managing editor of Daily Blast Live, Sam Schacher, on gun violence — & doing something helpful about it. {Video & Podcast} Sam and Waylon talk over gun safety — and if you’re in Colorado, join her (and thousands of others) on June 5th. …

Tiananmen Square is steeped in symbolism: it’s at the heart of Beijing and its memory of 1989 protests, crushed by the Chinese government, still lingers. This event has had an enduring impact on contemporary Chinese art and literature — a vibrant culture of defiance and dissent that commemorates the protests…

When you transition from one gender to another a couple of reasons may have provoked you to do so: you may have felt trapped in the wrong body, you may have reached a personal breaking point, you may have just accepted this is who you are and done something about…